Fauls stretching routine produces acute gains in throwing shoulder mobility in collegiate baseball players

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-40

  Sauers, Eric ^a   August, Anna ^b   Snyder, Alison ^a  

^a A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American River College   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Range of motion; Therapy; Treatment effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE EXERCISE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SHOULDER;

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BASEBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 34748862955     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: 15433072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.16.1.28     Document Type: Article

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